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Help!! How to put an overtired baby to sleep?

jsaffer01jsaffer01 member
in May 2014 Moms
Help please.. LO is over tired and he won't just go to sleep. Any advice I will take! Especially since in 15mins my husband will be leaving to go to work and I'll be trying this on my own.
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Re: Help!! How to put an overtired baby to sleep?

  • KBowen715KBowen715 member
    I turn a hair dryer on warm and low and lie LO on a towel on the bed and run the hair dryer over him with light music on. The warmth and white noise calms him.
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  • jsaffer01jsaffer01 member
    I was able to calm him and he ate another ounce, making it 7oz in 2hrs. And he started to fall asleep on the bottle so I continued to rocked him. I was able to put him in his crib, hopefully this lasts longer than a 10 min nap. I think he is really hot, he is all sweaty, that the hair dresser idea may not be a good one today.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    I bounce on my exercise ball. That is usually my go to when all else fails. Also she falls asleep when I talk on the phone and rock or bounce her. Not sure why oh and the 5 S's she loves the swaddle and to be turned to her side facing me not away from me and bounced over the white noise machine. I usually have to let her suck at the same time. I think that's why she likes facing me. She also likes to fight sleep so if I hold her snug that usually helps. Not sure if that's what your LO is doing.
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  • elizabe519elizabe519 member
    If it's hot then try a bath. We don't have air and it was super hot today so we gave him a nice soothing bath and out he went!
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  • yogasailmommayogasailmomma member
    I was going to suggest a bath too. Worked for us tonight, she was super cranky and is now out cold. Good luck!
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  • jcf2133jcf2133 member
    We do a bath, diaper and dress, final meal if still hungry and then I lay DD with her head on my chest so she can hear my heartbeat- she's t within minutes and transferring her to where she sleeps is easy.
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  • usernewnameusernewname member
    Third the bath. It works!

    Or do to have a carrier or wrap? Sometimes it's the closeness crave to give in to sleep.
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  • jsaffer01jsaffer01 member
    I will try a bath next time, he ended up falling asleep like 30mins after I posted this. He took another ounce of food and fell asleep on the bottle. He woke up a few times to get comfortable but nothing he couldn't put himself back to sleep with. I think we're going through a bit of a growth spurt. Is it possible to have the 3wk or 6wk one at 4 1/2wks?
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  • usernewnameusernewname member
    Might be a mental leap. Or just becoming more aware of life around them.
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  • dragossoul84dragossoul84 member
    Warm bath always does it for my lo. But not in his little only when I hold him in the big tub
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  • jsaffer01jsaffer01 member
    @florassecret‌ I downloaded the wonder weeks app, and it says from 4 1/2-5 1/2 weeks he is going through a leap. So I'm guessing that is what the issue is. I just have to remember to keep calm and relaxed, so hopefully he'll get my calm energy and also feel that way.
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  • usernewnameusernewname member
    @jsaffer01‌ growth spurts such. DS just did his 6 week one early. Attached to my hip since Saturday. Now he's more like himself.

    At least i hope it was the growth spurt.
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  • haylo33haylo33 member
    Is it possible since he is eating so much that he just wants to comfort suck? Have you tried a pacifier? My baby LOVES his pacifier. We originally planned on not giving him one because my nephew never had one and never needed it. Well that went out the window when he was 4 days old. He loves to comfort suck and it instantly calms him. I was worried I wouldn't know when he is hungry or just wanting to suck, but it's obvious because he will cry with the pacifier if he is hungry.
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  • MissLadyTayMissLadyTay member
    Cool dark room, nursing/pacifier, swaddle, loud fan on (or other white noise), gentle rocking motions. Often all at the same time in a delicate balance that changes day to day. Good luck! It's hard when they are so tired and you know a good long nap will make everything better.
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  • Sarac2288Sarac2288 member
    My LO fights sleep I rock him and pat his back which would take forever or not work and after a few weeks have just realized he falls asleep better on his own in the rock and play sleeper
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  • jsaffer01jsaffer01 member
    I can usually tell when he is hungry and when he just needs to suck. He will use a pacifier but he's not a huge fan of it.

    Last night after my husband tried to get him to sleep I ended up taking him so MH could leave for work. I sat on my bed lights out, ac on, gave him another ounce to drink and then once done just rocked him. That seemed to do the trick. And he slept from 10:30pm-3:00am. I could tell he was hungry, hot, and tired. He was awake yesterday from 2pm until 10:30pm with only a few 10-20min naps here and there. And he usually sleeps longer than that.

    I'm hoping tonight is a better night. If not I'll def be trying all these suggestions. It's bath night tonight so hopefully that helps calm him down right from the start.
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  • eliakeliak member
    Sorry for this stupid reply but FTM here. Apart ftom growth spurts we have leaps as well?? What are they??
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  • fraseyfrasey member
    well a growth spurt is just that - a time when they physically grow. But there are other types of spurts too, developmentally. 

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    KBowen715 said:

    eliak said:

    Sorry for this stupid reply but FTM here. Apart ftom growth spurts we have leaps as well?? What are they??

    It's a period of neurological growth in which they become 'aware' of more- more cognitively advanced.

    'WHAT, I have hands?! I can voluntarily move them?!! I must flail about all day.'

    'I can make noises?! I must coo and shriek all day.'

    'I can kick my feet?!! I must kick my blanket off. Now I'm cold. I should cry.'

    'There are different colors and patterns?! I must stare at them all day. And never sleep. Oh I'm tired. I hall cry. Oh hey look, a colorful pattern.'

    And cycle repeats.
    Wow, right on point. We are going through this exactly right now. I think I liked the growth spurt better.

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  • usernewnameusernewname member
    KBowen715 said:

    eliak said:

    Sorry for this stupid reply but FTM here. Apart ftom growth spurts we have leaps as well?? What are they??

    It's a period of neurological growth in which they become 'aware' of more- more cognitively advanced.

    'WHAT, I have hands?! I can voluntarily move them?!! I must flail about all day.'

    'I can make noises?! I must coo and shriek all day.'

    'I can kick my feet?!! I must kick my blanket off. Now I'm cold. I should cry.'

    'There are different colors and patterns?! I must stare at them all day. And never sleep. Oh I'm tired. I hall cry. Oh hey look, a colorful pattern.'

    And cycle repeats.
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  • usernewnameusernewname member
    @KBowen715‌ mine is when he attacks my husband looking for boob. Then smashes his head and cries. Then repeats. Poor husband lol. MUST. FIND. BOOB.

    Or cry because it's not full and coming down quickly because he's been noming all day.

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  • apinkpelicanapinkpelican member
    Question for the warm bath supporters... LO loves her warm bath but HATES right after. I wrap her up right in a dry towel the second she is out but she just wails,... Thus the bath is no longer relaxing bc we are worked up again. Any tricks with post bath and keeping LO relaxed and warm?
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  • KBowen715KBowen715 member
    KellyQ116 said:

    Question for the warm bath supporters... LO loves her warm bath but HATES right after. I wrap her up right in a dry towel the second she is out but she just wails,... Thus the bath is no longer relaxing bc we are worked up again. Any tricks with post bath and keeping LO relaxed and warm?

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